[geeks] Cerf Cube

[Joshua D. Boyd]

I think that staring at a grey wall all day, followed by spending evenings
in a poorly lit basement working on dingy PCs is starting to get to me.  I
mean some of my unix boxes once looked OK (if perhaps boring), but by the
time they get to me, they are fairly banged, scuffed, and discolored.

I need to get out of here. TGIF.

A small aluminum cube of a computer running anything but Intel with
graphics the quality of a TNT or better would still be darn cool though.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, James Fogg wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, THOU SPAKE:
> > But, as you said, it has USB.  And darn it, I want it to be a desktop
> > device, and a cheap one at that.  Someone needs to start marketing a
> > serious competitor to Windows and Mac, and building some that is less
> > appliance like, but that still take after (software wise) the NIC, then
> > maybe they would have something that would make money.  Especially if it
> > would work with normal ISPs and cost under $300.
> 
> Maybe "The Desk Is The Desktop"? Get a 1U machine and bolt it under the desk.
> Then use a flat panel display on the desk or screwed to a wall behind the desk.
> Instead of "cool looking" it wouldn't look like anything.
> 
> If you need "cool looking", run a combo video/keyboard/mouse/scsi cable to a way
> cool looking box and place the CD drive and some connectors there. Personnaly,
> I think the G4 Cube looks like a tissue dispenser or a toaster (esp when the CD
> pops up).
> 
> I think my box-of-choice would be a radio from a 1950's car. Have the CD drawer
> push open the dial.
> 
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